DePierre v. United States

DePierre v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued February 28, 2011 Decided June 9, 2011
Full case name	DePierre v. United States
Docket nos.	09-1533
Prior history	conviction affirmed, 599 F.3d 25 (1st Cir. 2010); certiorari granted, 562 U. S. ___ (2010)
Argument	Oral argument
Holding
The term "cocaine base" in 21 U.S.C. §841(b)(1) refers to cocaine in its chemically basic form.
Court membership
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Associate Justices Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinions
Majority	Sotomayor, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, and Kagan
Concurrence	Scalia

DePierre v. United States, No. 09-1533 (2011), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the use of the term "cocaine base" in 21 U.S.C. §841(b)(1) refers to cocaine in its chemically basic form.^[1]

See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 564

References

1. ^ DePierre v. United States Opinion p. 1 "This case requires us to decide whether the term “cocaine base” as used in [21 U.S.C. §841(b)(1)] refers generally to cocaine in its chemically basic form or exclusively to what is colloquially known as “crack cocaine.” We conclude that “cocaine base” means the former. "

External links

• Slip opinion from the Supreme Court